Thus, article 38, which is the key of the Directive Principles, lays down that “The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of national life.” Article 39 says, “the State shall direct its policy in such a manner as to secure that all men and women have the right to adequate means of livelihood, that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good; that the economic system is not allowed to result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the detriment of the common good, that there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women, and that the health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused, that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter a vocation unsuited to their age or strength, and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation”.
De este modo, el artículo 38, que es el fundamento de los principios rectores, establece que: "El Estado tratará de promover el bienestar del pueblo garantizando y protegiendo de la manera más efectiva posible un orden social en el cual la justicia social, económica y política impregne todas las instituciones de la vida nacional".